🎧 Pre-Loved Podcast with Moore Vintage Archive

vintage dealer, writer and curator, Keesean Moore

Brand New Episode of Pre-Loved Podcast!

There’s a brand new episode of Pre-Loved Podcast out, wherever you stream shows!

We’re chatting with Keesean Moore, a vintage dealer, writer and curator based in Philadelphia, where he is the founder of the Moore Vintage Archive on Philadelphia's historic Fabric Row.

Keesean has been dealing vintage since high school when he got a job at a small shop in Jersey City — the rest is history!

We discuss his design library, including his museum-quality archive of pieces by Black designers. It’s a fun one, and I think you’re really gonna love it – so let’s dive right in!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

• [2:40] Discovering a love of vintage fashion, growing up in Jersey City and working in vintage shops as a teenager.

• [6:56] How Keesean’s fashion career unfolded after years of crashing New York Fashion Week runway shows.

• [11:15] Moving to Philadelphia to open a brick-and-mortar vintage store.

• [16:39] Keesean is building out an archive of historic Black designers.

• [20:45] How to approach an “edit” for a vintage show.

• [26:41] Vintage buying in Paris!

• [36:31] Favorites in Keesean’s personal collection, including great vintage tees.

EPISODE MENTIONS:

• @moorevintagearchive

• Moore Vintage Archive

• Another Man’s Treasure

• Cathy Horyn

• What Goes Around Comes Around

• A Current Affair

• Brooklyn Flea

• Not a Normal Market

• Naomi Campbell walking for Patrick Kelley

• Via Davia Vintage

• Indigo Style Vintage

• Cave Canem poets

• The Watering Hole

• BLK MKT Vintage

Hope you enjoy the episode — and you can find me across the internet on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads! 💛 - Emily

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